"centipede-eater" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: centipede-eaters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} centipede-eater (plural centipede-eaters)
  1. Any of various snakes, of the genus Aparallactus, native to Africa. Derived forms: black centipede-eater (taxonomic: Aparallactus guentherii), Cape centipede-eater) (taxonomic: Aparallactus capensis), Jackson's centipede-eater (taxonomic: Aparallactus jacksonii), lined centipede-eater (taxonomic: Aparallactus lineatus), Malindi centipede-eater (taxonomic: Aparallactus turneri), Mozambique centipede-eater (taxonomic: Aparallactus nigriceps), reticulated centipede-eater (taxonomic: Aparallactus lunulatus), Usambara centipede-eater (taxonomic: Aparallactus werneri), western forest centipede-eater (taxonomic: Aparallactus modestus), Zaire centipede-eater (taxonomic: Aparallactus moeruensis) Translations (Aparallactus sp. snake): мно̀гоно̀жкое́д (mnògonòžkojéd) [animate, masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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